TRIMETHYLAMINUM.

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Preparation , solutions.

An alkaloid found in the following plants: Chenopodium vulvaria, Cratægus oxycantha, Sorbus aucuparia, Phallus impudicus, Pyrus communis, Arnica montana, Cotyledon umbilicus, Fagus sylvatica, etc.; also in Herring-brine, Cold liver oil, etc.

Authority.

M. Dujardin-beaumetz, Nouvelles Recherches sur la Triméthylamine, Paris, 1873; 1 , effects on himself, of 50 centigrams of the muriate dissolved in water; 2 , another person in perfect health took 75 centigrams of the muriate; 3 , results of several experiments.

• This drug, according to several experiments on patients, etc., diminishes the amount of urea; in one case there was a diminution of over 2 grams during twenty-four hours, in another 2.24 grams, in another a diminution of 3 grams, 3.
• Pulse 88 (before the experiment); 84 (after one hour); 82 (later); 76 (after two hours). There was not only a diminution in the number of pulsations, but also a modification in the force, as shown by the tracing (it shows no special modification, with the exception of diminution in the force of the heart's action), 2.
• Pulse 78 (before the experiment); 76 (after one hour); 74 (after one hour and a half); 72 (after two hours); 78 (after four hours), 1.
• Temperature 37.4° (before the experiment); 37.2° (after one hour); 37° (after one hour and a half); 36.8° (after two hours), 1.
• Temperature 37° (before the experiment); 36.8° (after one hour); 36.4° (later); 36° (after two hours), 2.